Claims:1) A vehicle mounted pollution control device, comprising:

i. a body 1 having multiple perforations 3 attached to a belly pan portion of a vehicle, wherein said body 1 is installed with a series of suction units 2 that operates to absorb dust while moving of said vehicle;
ii. a motorized shredder 4 arranged on said perforations 3 that actuates to crush down large sized particles absorbed along with said dust in order to prevent blocking of said perforations 3;
iii. a skin detection sensor integrated with a microcontroller mapped in proximity to said shredder 4 that senses presence of skin of human beings, animals and birds accidentally coming under said belly pan, wherein said microcontroller directs said shredder 4 to stop actuating in order to prevent unnecessary injuries to said human beings, animals and birds; and
iv. a conduit 5 installed inside said body 1 and connected to exhaust of said vehicle, wherein gases produced from said exhaust heats up said conduit 5 upon passage that in turn dries wet dust passed through said perforations 3 while absorption in order prevent alteration in the performance of said vehicle due to bulking of load by said wet dust.

2) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said suction units 2 are linked to a chamber that are utilized for storage of dust absorbed by said suction units.

3) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shredder 4 is attached to a motor preferably a DC (Direct Current) electric motor.

4) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said microcontroller is preferably an Arduino UNO microcontroller.

5) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a battery is incorporated inside said body 1 that is utilized for supplying power to said suction units 2, motor, microcontroller and sensor.

, Description:FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to pollution prevention devices. More particularly, the present invention is directed towards a vehicle mounted pollution control device that aims at reducing the level of pollution caused by the vehicles by absorbing the dust while driving of the vehicles over the road surfaces which in turn prevents the mixing of these dust particles with the surrounding air.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] In today's era, roads make up about one-fifth of the urban arena land. The vehicles are driven on these roads on a regular basis. The cars and trucks include inflatable rubber tires since a century. Sometimes, these rubber comes off in a dramatic cloud of smoke when the car skids or sometimes the tire rubber gets fragmented in case the road surface is sharp or harsh. But also, most of the times the rubber of the tires upon skidding expands and thereby crack develops in the tread and tiny particles of rubber flakes off.

[0003] Each time a tire rotates, it possess loss of billionth of layer of rubber a part of which gets mixed with air and remaining sticks to the road. The rain easily washes the rubber dusts off away from the road which usually gets mixed with nearest waterways and thereby the rubber dusts possessed due to the tires, not only leads air pollution but also contributes to water pollution.

[0004] These pollutants consists many chemical that when meets human cell or to any aquatic organ, it possess the power of ending a DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid). In general, the smaller is the dust particle, the more deeply they penetrate into lungs or cells of other organs.

[0005] CN101619881B discloses about a dedusting system of a whole factory building, which comprises an air funnel, an air handling unit, a top air-return opening, an air supply pipeline and an air-return pipeline, wherein the air handling unit is arranged outside a workshop, the air funnel is arranged at the lower part of the inner side of the workshop, one end of the air supply pipeline is connected with the air funnel, and the other end of the air supply pipeline is connected with the air handling unit through the air supply pipeline; the top air-return opening is arranged at the top inside the workshop, one end of the air-return pipeline is connected with the top air-return opening and the other end of the air-return pipeline is connected with the air handling unit. The air supply direction of the air funnel is adjusted to change the air distribution of returned air, welding fume with higher temperature drifts upwards under the action of hot buoyancy, the fume further drifts upwards by the push of air sent out from the air funnel and does not move transversely, thereby the welding fume can be avoided from passing through the respiratory zone of the human body; and the fume and harmful gases are sucked into the air handling unit through the air-return pipeline under the suction action of the air-return opening at the top of the workshop and cannot be directly removed outdoors, thereby the secondary pollution cannot be caused.

[0006] US7247279B2 discloses about a system for removal of targeted pollutants from combustion and other industrial process gases and processes utilizing the system. Metal oxides are introduced from feeders into reaction zones of the system where they are contacted with a gas from which pollutants are to be removed. With respect to pollutant removal, the sorbent may interact with a pollutant as a catalyst, reactant, adsorbent or absorbent. Removal may occur in single-stage, dual-stage, or multi-stage systems with a variety of different configurations and reaction zones, e.g., bag house, cyclones, fluidized beds, and the like. Process parameters, particularly system differential pressure, are controlled by electronic controls to maintain minimal system differential pressure, and to monitor and adjust pollutant removal efficiencies. Reacted sorbent may be removed from the reaction action zones for recycling or recycled or regenerated with useful and marketable by-products being recovered during regeneration.

[0007] Conventionally, multiple systems and devices are developed to reduce the air pollutants. However, these systems mainly focus on removal of dust from gases or combusted industrial gases. Although, these systems contribute towards reducing air pollution but lack in recognizing hazardous pollutants like rubber dusts due to which these systems become less effective in overcoming the problem of air pollution.

[0008] In order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, there is a need to develop a device that sucks dust particles from road surfaces and since the minor dusts like tire dusts comes in mixture with many other particles, the developed device is capable of segregating these particles, so that the biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances are fully separated.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

[0009] The principal object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.

[0010] An object of the present invention is to provide a device that is capable of restricting vehicular pollution by absorbing the dust and vent spews while movement of the vehicle over the road surfaces.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a device which is capable of absorbing both wet and dry dusts while driving of the vehicles in an efficient manner.

[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a device which ensures no injuries to the human beings, birds and animals accidentally coming beneath the vehicles while driving of the vehicles.

[0013] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a device that is reliable.

[0014] The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0015] The present invention relates to a vehicle mounted pollution control device that aims at controlling the pollution level in the surrounding by absorbing the dust/dirt in an efficient manner while driving of the vehicles which in turn restricts the dust/dirt to get mixed with the surrounding air.

[0016] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a vehicle mounted pollution control device, comprising a body having multiple perforations attached to a belly pan portion of a vehicle, wherein the body is installed with a series of suction units that operates to absorb dust while moving of the vehicle inside the body through the perforations, a chamber is linked to the suction units that is utilized for storage of dust absorbed by the suction units, a motorized shredder arranged on the perforations that actuates to crush down large sized particles absorbed along with the dust in order to prevent blocking of the perforations, wherein the shredder preferably comprises of multiple blades which crushes down the large sized particles and the blades are actuated by a motor preferably a DC (Direct Current) electric motor, a skin detection sensor is mapped in proximity to the shredder that senses presence of skin of human beings and/or animals, birds accidentally coming under the belly pan to prevent unnecessary injuries to the human beings and/or animals.

[0017] According to another embodiment of the present invention, the device further comprises of a conduit installed inside the body and connected to exhaust of the vehicle, wherein gases produced from the exhaust heats up the conduit upon passage that in turn dries wet dust passed through the perforations while absorption in order prevent alteration in the performance of the vehicle due to bulking of load by the wet dust.

[0018] While the invention has been described and shown with particular reference to the preferred embodiment, it will be apparent that variations might be possible that would fall within the scope of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where:
Figure 1 illustrates a top view of a vehicle mounted pollution control device; and
Figure 2 illustrates an isometric view of the proposed device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] The following description includes the preferred best mode of one embodiment of the present invention. It will be clear from this description of the invention that the invention is not limited to these illustrated embodiments but that the invention also includes a variety of modifications and embodiments thereto. Therefore, the present description should be seen as illustrative and not limiting. While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative constructions, it should be understood, that there is no intention to limit the invention to the specific form disclosed, but, on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

[0021] In any embodiment described herein, the open-ended terms "comprising," "comprises,” and the like (which are synonymous with "including," "having” and "characterized by") may be replaced by the respective partially closed phrases "consisting essentially of," consists essentially of," and the like or the respective closed phrases "consisting of," "consists of, the like.

[0022] As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” designate both the singular and the plural, unless expressly stated to designate the singular only.

[0023] The present invention relates to a vehicle mounted pollution control device that is capable of restricting vehicular pollution by absorbing the dust and vent spews while movement of the vehicle over the road surfaces.

[0024] Referring to Figure 1 and 2, a top view and an isometric view of the vehicle mounted pollution control device is illustrated, comprising a body 1 having multiple perforations 3 attached to a belly pan portion of a vehicle, a series of suction units 2 mapped on the peripheral sides of the body 1, a motorized shredder 4 arranged on the perforations 3 and a conduit 5 installed inside the body 1 and connected to exhaust of the vehicle.

[0025] The body 1 is developed in a manner so that it easily fits with the belly pan portion of the vehicle. The body 1 is made up of light weight composites which does not impact the overall weight of the vehicle chassis and does not alters the performance of the vehicle. The body 1 is crafted with multiple perforations 3 with precised diameters to allow passage of dust while moving of the vehicle. The perforations 3 are uniformly mapped on the peripheral sides of the body 1 to intake dust blown while driving of the vehicle inside the body 1.

[0026] The perforations 3 are encased with series of suction units 2 that are present in a sequential manner to absorb the dust while moving of the vehicle. The suction units 2 are powered by a rechargeable battery incorporated inside the body 1 that constantly supplies power to the suction units 2 for carrying out the process of absorption of dust in an effective manner. The suction units 2 are installed in such a manner that the sucked off dust directly goes inside the body via perforations 3 mapped on the peripheral portion of the vehicle.

[0027] There are chances that while absorption of the dust during movement of the vehicle, some large sized particles like polyethylene, stones, gravels and alike may get absorbed by the suction units 2 while absorbing the dust. So, in order to ensure that there is no blocking of the perforations 3 by the large sized particles, the motorized shredder 4 is arranged on the peripheral portion just above the perforations 3 to crush down the large sized particles into fine fragments that easily passes through the perforations 3.

[0028] The motorized shredder 4 comprises of plurality of blades that is rotated by a motor preferably a DC (Direct Current) electric motor which breaks down the large sized particles into smaller fragments that is easily passed through the perforations. The blades are sharpened enough to break the stones, gravels while rotation facilitated by the motor. The DC motor mentioned herein is a type of rotary electric motor that converts direct current electrical energy into mechanical energy. The motor’s speed is controlled over a wide range, using either a variable supply voltage or by changing the strength of current in its field windings.

[0029] The shredder 4 is mapped with a skin detection sensor which is preferably present in proximity to the shredder that serves the purpose of sensing presence of skin of human beings and/or animals, birds that accidentally come under the belly pan portion of the vehicle while deriving of the vehicle. The skin detection sensor is linked to a microcontroller preferably an Arduino UNO microcontroller that processes the data(s) sensed by the sensor and directs the blades of the shredder 4 to stop rotating in order to prevent unnecessary injuries to the human beings and/or animals, birds accidentally coming beneath the vehicle.

[0030] The skin detection sensor includes an illuminator source for providing an IR (Infrared) band capable of being absorbed by the skin. A detector is inbuilt in the sensor that receives the IR band after the band has contacted the skin and provides a signal indicating the presence or absence of the IR band energy. The microcontroller processes the signal and indicates whether skin has been presented when the band is substantially reflected, indicating no skin, and when it is substantially absent, indicating skin is present.

[0031] The body 1 is installed with the conduit 5 arranged in a zig-zag manner inside the body 1 and is basically connected with the exhaust of the vehicle. The high temperature gases produced by the exhaust while combustion of the fuel during driving of the vehicle is transmitted through the conduit 5, wherein the conduit 5 is made up of heat resistible material which withstands the heat of the gases transmitted from the exhaust.

[0032] While absorption of the dust by the suction units 2 mapped the peripheral portion of the vehicles, there are chances of entrance of wet dust upon absorption of the suction units 2 inside the body 1. The wet dust needs to be dried and then stored in order to decrease the bulking of load due to wet dust. So, the device is synchronized with the vehicle exhaust in such a way that the exhaust gases flows constantly through the conduit 5 while movement of the vehicle transferring heat to the wet dust to dry the wetness present in the dust in order to collect them in a chamber specifically configured inside the body to collect the dried dust absorbed by the suction units 2.

[0033] During the movement of the vehicle over the road surface, the tires of the vehicles get worn out and suffer from huge wear and tear. The vent spews detached from the tires are one of the reasons of vehicular pollutions nowadays. In order to prevent the pollution caused by the vent spews, the suction units 2 are also utilized for absorbing the vent spews detached from the tires and enforces the bits to pass through the perforations 3 and settle inside the body 1.

[0034] The rechargeable battery incorporated inside the body is utilized for powering the suction units 2, sensor, motor and the microcontroller. The rechargeable battery mentioned herein is preferably selected from but not limited to Li-ion battery, Pb-acid battery, Ni-Cd battery, Ni-Mh battery and alike.

[0035] According to an alternative embodiment of the preset invention, the device may be installed with a compartment that may be installed inside the body for collecting the moisture of the dust that is evaporated while heating of the wet dust by the conduit, wherein the moisture collected can be again reused for cleaning the windshields by passing the moisture from the compartment to the vipers placed on the windshields.

[0036] According to another alternative embodiment of the present invention, the device may be installed with the acoustic levitation unit which will levitate the vent spews of tires worn out during continuous movement of the vehicle up to a pre-defined height by employing acoustic radiation pressure from high intensity sound waves. The levitation unit can be fabricated at inner base of the body which will levitate the settled vent spews up to a certain height effectively inside the body. The vacuum units can be installed at the apex portion inside the body, wherein the vacuum unit actuates to absorb the levitated vent spews in an effective manner. A container can be arranged with the vacuum units that may be utilized for the storage of the absorbed vent spews in order to avoid unnecessary littering of the bits inside the body.

[0037] Although the field of the invention has been described herein with limited reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternate embodiments of the invention, will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to the description of the invention.